Letter: U.S. should leave Venezuela alone

According to the Center for Economic and Policy research, as many as 40,000 people may have died in Venezuela as a consequence of the economic sanctions imposed by the Trump administration since 2017.

Venezuelans have to endure such a calamity only because they want to continue being independent from American control.

Why does Venezuela have to follow the American way of life? America speaks of freedom of choice, but why at the expense of others' freedom?

According to the Monroe Doctrine, Venezuela has to obey America, as Poland, East Germany and Hungary obeyed the Soviet Union. What's the difference between yesterday's Soviet Union and the United States of today? Why this absurd colonialism? Why does this aberration have to come from the land of freedom?

President Donald Trump lost money in order to avoid paying taxes, according to The New York Times. He says that it's good business to show losses for tax purposes in order to renegotiate with banks. Is that equal to being willing to eliminate lives in order to renegotiate with Venezuela?

With Trump, National Security Adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, it's not necessary to rely on past tools such as the heinous “School of Assassins” in Latin America or CIA cover operations. They are fighting the dirty war openly in South America.